25 Random Things!

I have facebook and a bunch of people on there are going around tagging people to post 25 random things about themselves, so I decided to carry it over to the blog world. Here are my random 25....come on people, post your 25!

25) I am left handed. It comes from my dad's side of the family, but neither one of my parents are so it was hard to learn things growing up. My mom even tried to switch me at one point and my doctor got mad.

24) When I moved to college it was the first time I had ever moved in my life. This is because my parents still live in the same house they bought when they got married almost 38 years ago.

23) I have been to South Korea, which was awesome.

22) I bite my fingernails something terrible, which I am learning to control better because with braces I can't get close enough to my nails to bite them. It's not a nervous habit, I just do it whenever I feel like they need to be bitten. (Just for the record...Katie tried to pay $30 in high school to stop doing this and I stopped for a few weeks. She didn't pay me, so I bit them all off again. I hope you remember this, Katie you scoundrel!)

21) When I was four I fell into a blazing hot fire at a campground while on vacation in Indiana. My entire body was submerged into the fire and the only injury I sustained was a small burn to my left elbow.

20) In 6th grade, I broke both of my feet at the same time. Seven bones between the two of them. This is the only time I have broken anything.

19) When Jeremy wanted to propose to me I told him that if he bought the huge ring that I wanted I would never ask for another piece of jewelry for the rest of our lives. He bought it for me, and I will never ask for another piece of jewelry again!

18) My younger sister and I are only 13 months apart and I have another sister who is 13 years old than me.

17) Jeremy and I are the only ones in both of our families that do not have children, and we are not the youngest either.

16) I went into emergency surgery 8 days before my wedding and had my gall bladder removed. It was either that or skip my honeymoon to Jamaica to have it done and that wasn't happening.

15) One of my biggest pet peeves is when people have children and then don't take care of them the way they should or take advantage of Grandma and dump the kids on her all the time.

14) Along those same lines, when people brag about all the expensive stuff their kids have and they haven't even bought any of it...family members have.

13) I hate wearing a winter coat. The weather must usually be under 30 degrees for me to wear a coat.

12) I am a very particular sleeper. I must be in a perfect position, and I must have a fan on that does not face me. I need it for the noise. In the college dorms, I slept with my fan on to drown out noise in the hall and after that I developed a dependency for it.

11) I LOVE to cook. I can make just about anything and I love getting new cookbooks.

10) The greatest accomplishment that Jeremy and I have ever done together so far is both get our MBA's together. We sat through every class together and he was one person ahead of me in line at graduation to receive his diploma. I got so caught up in the moment watching him walk across the stage and feeling so proud of him (of us) that I didn't even realize for a second they had called my name.

9) I have recently developed a liking to mushrooms, something I never thought I would like.

8) I grew up on a farm. Yes, I gathered eggs from the chickens, bottle fed animals, ate the cows that were raised in our backyard, etc.

7) Jeremy and I have several items that were in his great great great grandfather's medical office who was a doctor in the 1800's. He was the first doctor in Virden and was also President of the bank in town at the same time.

6) My childhood career goal was to be a cop.

5) Up until the age of about 19 I wanted eight children. Then, I realized how unreasonable that is today.

4) I tend to hold grudges and not let go of things as easily as I should. If you have upset me in the last few years, mark my word, I remember every detail about it. This is something I have been working hard to change.

3) I can lay in bed awake for hours. Jeremy used to think I slept a lot until he realized that it is not uncommon for me to lay there for an hour or two awake after I wake up in the morning, when time permits. I love it!

2) When the time is right (and Jeremy and I will decide together when it is) I can't wait to be a mom. I still have things I want to do before that happens though. I love my sisters' kids like they are my own and I can't imagine loving any child more than I love each of them, but I have heard it is possible. It almost scares me to love a child more than I love them.

1) Jeremy is, and always will be, my best friend and the one person I can count on for anything.

For the pasta lovers....like me!

Linguine Carbonara

Ingredients:

salt
8 oz linguine
1/2 stick butter
1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 cup crumbled cooked bacon (about 10 slices)
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 medium egg, beaten
freshly grated parmeson cheese

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add linguine and cook al dente according to package directions. Drain and keep warm.

Meanwhile, melt butter in a large skillet. Add garlic, red pepper flakes, black pepper, mushrooms, and crumbled bacon. Saute' over medium heat for 2 or 3 minutes. Add cream; bring to a full boil. Add linguine; return mixture to a full boil and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add egg, stirring quickly to prevent egg from scrambling.

Put in bowls and top with parmeson!

Part-time job

So, yesterday I went back to work part time. It was definitely different going back to work after being off for so long and just helping my mom most of the time. The job is very flexible though and I basically work when I want so it is a good fit for me and will still allow me to be available for my mom. I am working for a company that assigns you elderly people and you take care of their needs. For example, light housework, cooking, grocery shopping, take them to doctor's visits, etc. Okay, so not the typical job for someone who has a MBA, but it will work for now. So far, I have one regular client Monday-Thursday from 3pm-6pm, and then I am filling in for other people when they can't go to their clients. I think there is a part of me that will feel very rewarded at the end of every day once I get going with this. I hope that someday when I am old and can't do things on my own someone will care for me as good as I intend to care for my clients.

Spinach Dip!

Ingredients:
2 packages cream cheese
2 tablespoons sour cream
6 tablespoons real mayonnaise
1 packet onion soup mix
2 packages boxed spinach (unthawed & drained)
1 teaspoon Lawry's seasoned salt

Combine all of the aforementioned ingredients and refrigerate a couple of hours before serving. It goes great with just about any dipper. We like to use Hawaiian bread, but I took this to work (when I used to work) and my co-workers liked it with crackers and tostitos scoops.